Month: June 2010

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Apple iPad

Speak of the Devil

KevinMD [via Jerry Fahrni]: “I tested it today during my shift in the ER. Initial tests with our clinical applications went amazingly well. The ED dashboard, WebOMR and Provider Order Entry all appear to function well without modification. The popup blocker does try to get in the way of new windows, but it’s a only a minor annoyance. The EKGs look better onscreen than on paper. It was great having all of the clinical information right at the bedside to discuss with the patient. The only problem was that the increase in efficiency was offset by the patients and family who wanted to gawk at it.”

Just posted my opinion on this, and kerpow, my brother comes up with a real world example.

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Apple iPad

iPad UX

UX Magazine [via Hundred10]: “Our 2-year-olds can use it. It’s a brilliant entertainment device. But what sort of business potential does the iPad offer? Several companies have shown interest in mobile payment systems from startups like Square to mega-corporations like Visa. But what is the iPad’s user experience in a real-world, business environment?”

I believe we’ll see a bunch of Enterprise level development blossom for the iPad. I think it could be gigantor in Medical. Hospitals are way behind the curve but this device may run to the forefront, especially if Doctors and Nurses embrace it. My brothers hospital didn’t have plans to include any Apple devices in their mix until a Doctor asked for an iPhone, now they’re poised to distribute 100 iPads into their workflow. Amazing.

We’re just seeing the beginning. I believe the iPad will work its’ way into the everyday enterprise workflow. Like more enterprise computing, it’s just going to take some time.

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Life

Um, yeah, ok

New York Times: “The previously unknown deposits — including huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and critical industrial metals like lithium — are so big and include so many minerals that are essential to modern industry that Afghanistan could eventually be transformed into one of the most important mining centers in the world, the United States officials believe.”

The problem with this is, of course, the nutters that live in the region. You know, the guys that don’t like Western Civilization and want to destroy us. This could create lots of jobs for folks, especially in the private security industry.

We’ll have to keep a close eye on this and see what happens, you know there will be deals made by Western companies to mine those resources.

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Uncategorized

Movie line of the week answer

We have a winner!

Congratulations to Mr. Jason Bock. The correct answer was…

Alice in Wonderland

See you next Thursday.

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MLOTW

Movie line of the week

Hot buttered popcorn and a movie, ahhh!Good morning movie liners. We’re doing a “Twitter Special” today in conjunction with Steven Vore.

Here’s the line, in Steven’s Twitter stream, good luck!

Ok, quick, what movie! Send your guesses here.

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LEVEL Life

LEVEL secret #2

Monster Energy, feed the beast within.

Not only do we have “Darn Good Coffee”, we also keep folks jacked with Monster! Gotta love it, legal addictive stimulants, what could be better? Ah, yes, there’s also great snacks all over the place. It’s going to take every bit of will power I possess to not eat all day.

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Uncategorized

SLO Coffee

Black Horse CoffeeA San Luis Obispo gem, Black Horse Coffee.

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Business

NY Times, not so smart

Curly, the original knuckleheadBoomTown, Kara Swisher: “The Times’ lawyer, Richard Samson, sees it differently, apparently since it is a paid app rather than a free one, noting in its June 3 notice to Apple, which came two days after the Times’ article about Pulse:

“The Pulse News Reader app, makes commercial use of the NYTimes.com and Boston.com RSS feeds, in violation of their Terms of Use*. Thus, the use of our content is unlicensed. The app also frames the NYTimes.com and Boston.com websites in violation of their respective Terms of Use.”

He also complained about how the Pulse was marketed in the App Store”

Emphasis is mine. The NY Times really wants to go out of business. If I were the developers of Pulse I’d create a “knucklehead list” and ship it with the app. The knucklehead list would be updatable remotely so when other knucklehead’s would like to join in on the fun the Pulse guys could update their list on the server and have the application automagically remove the RSS feed from their app.

As for the NY Times. I really don’t get this, not at all. They are publishing an RSS feed for heavens sake. If you don’t want people to read your content via the web, REMOVE YOUR FEED. Instead you come down on the little guy that’s taking advantage of something you published.

Knuckleheads.

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LEVEL

LEVEL secret

Darn Good Coffee
There you have it! A secret of LEVEL’s success, darn good coffee.

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Apple iPhone

iPhone in Business

Apple.com: “Thomas uses Voice Memos to make notes to himself about particular sections of the vineyard, and he takes video to help convey his impressions to people on his staff. “And,” he says, “the GPS is accurate enough that I can mark a spot, take a picture, and send an email with a note saying what I think needs to be done with this particular section of the vineyard—or even this particular vine.” “

Yep, the iPhone has changed the game. When I read a story like this I always wonder what they did before the iPhone? I also wonder if they’ve created an app to help them on the winery? What about the iPad? Very cool stuff.